Sentence examples for slash mental from inspiring English sources

She blasted Emanuel's decision to slash mental health clinics early in his tenure as a "shortsighted" cost-saving measure.

One of the coalition's first policy proposals was to give mental health parity with physical health, but it proceeded to slash mental health services for young people.

As cash-starved states slash mental health programs in communities and schools, they are increasingly relying on the juvenile corrections system to handle a generation of young offenders with psychiatric disorders.

The "shattering event," as one former state mental health official called it, occurred days before Gov. Deval Patrick, a Democrat, released his proposed budget, which would slash mental health spending for the third year in a row.

Richard Nixon famously told his legal counsel Leonard Garment he'd do "anything except see a shrink," and Ronald Reagan's budget slashed mental health programs so severely that thousands of mentally ill patients became homeless.

Cameron's generalistic responses at PMQs, meanwhile, fail to inspire; little wonder considering his government has slashed mental health services.

While no one suggests that such budget cuts had anything to do with the Tucson shootings, advocates point out that slashing mental health programs does have consequences, including potential human costs.

A year later managed care outfits convinced employers to reduce insurance costs by slashing mental health benefits.

The problems faced by the seriously mentally ill have worsened thanks to the financial crisis leaving states with massive deficits, which many responded to by drastically slashing mental health budgets.

I can't help but come to this conclusion as states everywhere (including mine) slash their mental healthcare budgets and services while leaving law enforcement and the criminal justice system to clean up the awful mess.

Fewer funded paediatric nurse training spots; local closures leading to clogged emergency departments; and £80bn slashed from mental health services resulting in ever more troubled young people occupying acute hospital beds, because there's simply nowhere else for them to go.